One of Philadelphia’s best festivals of the year is Okobos Music Festival. The tour was started in 1997 after the city decided it needed a big act to bring tourists in to jump start the local economy. Oscar Yeubanks came up with the specifics for Okobos Music Festival while listening to his favorite tape. The tour started out as a little event, featuring a lot of the city's artists..
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It took three years, but eventually word spread and Okobos Music Festival received some national attention The festival began to book acts that were known nationally and the tour started to get much press than when it began. The city was soon blocking off traffic for city blocks on the dates of Okobos Music Festival.
Okobos Music Festival tickets do not last long now, generally selling out months before the actual event. Where the festival once had to beg band to sing, bands now wait in anticipation to be asked to play. The organizers of Okobos Music Festival have publicly wondered if the event is getting too big and if the festival will soon start to be too expensive for the original fans.
The festival is once again the biggest of its kind this year. More bands than ever will be there with huge names and great up and coming groups.
The group has all their tour information, from the tour schedule to the latest Okobos Music Festival tickets released, on Ticket Specialists.